Chapter 15: Chapter 15

Joanna's POV

"What's in there?" I asked after I shut the door behind her.

"Alcohol, nails, different colors of nail polishes, oh wait, all colors, 5 packets of pure bliss, 5 packets of that milky popcorn they sell at that junction which you love, strawberry and vanilla ice-cream and some clothes to exchange with you," She blurted all in one breath as she dumped the bag in the middle of the living room.

"Wow!" I laughed and glanced at her, dumbfounded that she actually brought all this just for a sleepover. "You really planned this."

"Yep, I've been planning this for a week now which is why I didn't let you back out of it as I was sure you were about to," She spoke and lent me a knowing look.

I rolled my eyes at her perky attitude and began emptying her duffel bag.

"Why is this place so quiet?" She polled as she took note of the silence. "Too quiet if I may say."

"My words exactly," I chuckled, at her shocked expression.

"Your parents?" She inquired

"I don't know,"

"Elvis?"

"I don't know, maybe a party or something, I don't really care as long as he's safe and not doing anything stupid." I shrugged.

"So that means I can do this?" She queried.

"Do what?" I implored.

"Do this," She muttered before jumping on the glass table, which I was surprised didn't break.

"Let's turn this place up!"

"Yeah, you can do that." I snickered and joined her, still amazed the table didn't give way and break in half due to two seventeen-year-old girls dancing on it.

Two crazy movies, five packets of pure bliss, two ice-creams, and four bottles of alcohol later, you could say we were a little bit drunk, or maybe sugar high, I couldn't tell.

"Go, girl! Go, girl!" We cheered each other on as we tweaked and twirled our hips to Taki Taki by DJ Snake ft Cardi B, Selena Gomez, and Ozuna.

It was official, we were both drunk and sugar high all at once.

"Wow, I'm tired," I announced with a big grin on my face.

"Me too," Tenda replied and slumped on the mattress we carried out from my room to the living room, yes we were both crazy to do that but hey, it was worth it.

I turned down the music and joined her on the bed while I munched on the popcorn in my bowl. "What next do you have planned?" I quizzed.

"Let's play confessions," She voiced out as she stood up and bounced.

It seemed she was way more sugar high than I was, I guessed and rolled my eyes at her suggestion, "Is that even a game?"

"It is now," She declared with a frown on her face, about to get upset.

I scoffed and nodded at her, "Okay you go first then, what's your confession?" I implored.

"Okay," She sighed as she got tired of hopping like a ball and settled. "Don't freak out but I did something."

"Why would I freak out?" I suspected, confusion written all over my face.

"Because what I did was huge, like really huge," She uttered and widened her arms for emphasis.

"Spit it out I'm all ears," I blurted,  curious.

"I slept with Tony," She voiced out, the same instant I choked on my popcorn.

I snatched a bottle of water and downed it in one go to prevent from choking to death. "What did you say?"

"I had sex with Tony." She mumbled confirming that I heard right.

"I knew what you meant, I just didn't want to believe it," I mumbled and broke out in a hysterical laugh though I felt a slight pain in my chest.

"See? That's what I meant by don't freak out and that's what you just did." She pronounced.

"Okay, how did it happen?" I asked.

"Well, I've had feelings for him for a year now, so." She said with a shy smile.

"I knew that, but you broke the sister code!" I cried out, a bit hurt.

"Okay, what has sister code got to do with this," She spoke and offered me a wary look.

"At least you could have told me!" I shrieked again as the pain in my chest increased.

"Oh, like the way you told me you've had a crush on him since you started this school? Long before I even came into the picture." She spoke, with a smirk and an angry look in her eyes.

"How the hell did you know that?" I polled, surprised that she knew, as I believed I hid it well.

"Oh, you thought you could hide it huh? Others could be blind but I see through you, I noticed it the first day you introduced us, that scared, smitten look in your eyes." She mocked with a raised brow.

"Then why the hell didn't you back off!" I moaned as I felt teardrops land on my cheeks and bestowed her a glare.

"Because I fell in love with him too," She smirked, glaring back at me as the tension in the room built up.

"You could have just backed off, It's against the sister code!" I shouted and pushed her such that she fell, her head missing the tiled floor by an inch.

"You can kill me, but guess what? he loves me too." She spoke with a sinister smile.

I threw the empty popcorn bowl at her, a sob bursting out and the tears following afterward which drenched my shirt.

"I think I should go," I heard her voice say, followed by some shuffling sounds as she restocked her bag, while I just sat there crying my heart out as the pain in my chest threatened to shatter my soul.

The shuffling stopped as the mattress dipped before I was pulled into a warm embrace.

"I'm sorry," I mumbled as I felt stupid for crying over a crush.  Where was my resolve and strong will against love, how did it break so easily, I thought, while I tried to stop the waterworks.

"I understand babe, I'm sorry too, for acting like the devil incarnate as I didn't consider your feelings when I spoke all those harsh words." She told while her right hand continuously patted my back in a comforting manner.

"No it's stupid, crying over a crush, plus you both are my friends, I should be happy for you two." I sniffed and pulled away from her warm embrace to give her a slight smile.

"As I said, It's okay, I'm sorry too," She sniffed also, and wiped a stray tear that dropped from her eye.

"I love you," I blurted and laughed at the fact that she too felt sad.

"I love you too bitch," she shook her head and joined me in laughing.

"I know." I smiled, "Now, I heard you say you loved him"

"Stop teasing me." She flushed.

"And you said he felt the same way too, did he say it?" I challenged a bit concerned that he may have just used her for sex, because a friend or no friend, everyone knew Tony was a playboy.

"Yes," She grinned. "My heart a

melted right then."

"Were you drunk?" I interrogated.

"Tipsy? yeah but drunk? I don't think so." She shrugged, "Because if I was I wouldn't remember a thing."

"True." I nodded, "I forgot you are the opposite of me when you get drunk"

"Okay then, was he drunk?" I questioned.

"Nope, I really don't think so because I only saw him take half of that drink before we went dancing," She beamed, and I could see the happiness that shone in her eyes.

"Alright, I'm just asking to make sure the moment was genuine," I spoke, my smile sincere.

"It was." She grinned, "we met up this morning and talked about it and he confirmed it wasn't a mistake"

"Eeeeeek!" I squealed, "I'm so happy for you girl," I gleamed and offered her a tight hug.

It turned out I was really happy for her despite feeling a bit hurt but I wasn't jealous as I thought I would be. What could this mean? I mentally questioned myself, a bit confused.

"Earth to Jo," She mumbled, clicking her fingers in my eyesight, such that I got snapped out of my scrambled thoughts.

"Oh, sorry babe," I apologized in a struggle to hide my confusion.

"Your turn, so tell me, what's your confession?" She smirked.

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